[JasonParis]

Doug knows Chicago well — it’s got a decent subway system but not much in the way of frequent surface transit. There are no streetcars, and only a few scattered bus-priority lanes. It’s probably where a lot of his thinking about transit comes from.

 

[zang]

Doug knows Chicago well — it’s got a decent subway system but not much in the way of frequent surface transit. There are no streetcars, and only a few scattered bus-priority lanes. It’s probably where a lot of his thinking about transit comes from.

As a councillor, Doug use to love talking about making Toronto a "world class city", and yet both then and now, steadfastly resists the examples of London, Paris, New York, etc. in decreasing car access, building large bike networks, lowering speed limits, pedestrianizing swaths of the city, etc. He's all talking point, zero action. If it isn't a four-wheeled rolling living room or live in the 905, it doesn't matter to him.